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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 347 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1990, chapter 92.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451795,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364174,"identifier":"45.2-1628","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1628","url":"\/45.2-1628\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1628\/","token":"45.2\/IV\/16\/2\/45.2-1628","dublin_core":{"Title":" Recording of orders","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1628","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Inspector<\/span> shall cause a true copy of any <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> entered by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> that establishes a <span class=\"dictionary\">drilling unit<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">pools<\/span> any interests to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> of each locality wherein any portion of the relevant <span class=\"dictionary\">drilling unit<\/span> is located. Such <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> shall be recorded in the record book in which <span class=\"dictionary\">gas<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">oil<\/span> leases are normally recorded. The sole charge for recordation shall be a tax equal to $10 plus $1 per page of the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span>. From the time noted on the recordation by the clerk, the recordation shall be notice of the <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to all persons.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n RECORDING OF ORDERS (\u00a7 45.2-1628)\n\nThe Inspector shall cause a true copy of any order entered by the Board that\nestablishes a drilling unit or pools any interests to be recorded in the office\nof the clerk of the circuit court of each locality wherein any portion of the\nrelevant drilling unit is located. Such order shall be recorded in the record\nbook in which gas or oil leases are normally recorded. The sole charge for\nrecordation shall be a tax equal to $10 plus $1 per page of the order. From the\ntime noted on the recordation by the clerk, the recordation shall be notice of\nthe order to all persons.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 347, \u00a7 45.1-308; 1990, c. 92, \u00a7 45.1-361.25; 2021, Sp. Sess.\nI, c. 387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}